1 00:00:09,777 --> 00:00:11,844 I think we're gonna go and cap it off 2 00:00:11,846 --> 00:00:12,978 it's been steaming for a few minutes now. 3 00:00:12,980 --> 00:00:14,513 All right, she's hot. Let's go with it. 4 00:00:14,515 --> 00:00:16,181 -Slide it on up a notch. -All right. 5 00:00:16,884 --> 00:00:19,084 Here you go, man, you need some paste over yonder? 6 00:00:19,086 --> 00:00:21,887 -Yeah. -All right, there you go. 7 00:00:21,889 --> 00:00:23,389 Y'all got enough over yonder? 8 00:00:23,391 --> 00:00:25,024 Money, money, money. 9 00:00:25,426 --> 00:00:26,625 Somebody's coming across the bridge. 10 00:00:26,627 --> 00:00:27,326 [man 1 speaking] 11 00:00:28,162 --> 00:00:29,395 [moonshiner] son of a bitch. 12 00:00:34,301 --> 00:00:36,902 [narrator] in franklin county, virginia, 13 00:00:36,904 --> 00:00:41,040 josh, tickle, and the laws make their first run of the season... 14 00:00:41,842 --> 00:00:42,875 On foot. 15 00:01:03,964 --> 00:01:05,731 I thought when he was behind with a damn camera, 16 00:01:05,733 --> 00:01:06,932 I thought, it was the law. 17 00:01:06,934 --> 00:01:08,700 That's why it took me so long to slow down, 18 00:01:08,702 --> 00:01:10,602 you were right on my heels, man. 19 00:01:10,604 --> 00:01:13,105 Did you make it? Could you tell if anybody got away? 20 00:01:13,107 --> 00:01:15,974 - [cameraman] I just ran. -Just ran. 21 00:01:19,747 --> 00:01:21,914 It's an unwritten rule for moonshiners. 22 00:01:21,916 --> 00:01:22,681 When you get raided, 23 00:01:22,683 --> 00:01:25,150 it's every man for himself. 24 00:01:25,986 --> 00:01:28,987 It's on me to get away it's on my buddies to get away. 25 00:01:30,558 --> 00:01:32,224 Right now, I'm just gonna take my time, 26 00:01:33,727 --> 00:01:35,360 try to work my way back up a little bit further. 27 00:01:35,362 --> 00:01:36,595 Gotta sit in these woods, 28 00:01:36,597 --> 00:01:38,197 'cause I can't get out on the main roads or anything yet, 29 00:01:38,199 --> 00:01:39,298 because they might be waiting for me. 30 00:01:44,605 --> 00:01:46,271 I don't wanna get turned around here. 31 00:01:46,841 --> 00:01:49,308 And I think we'll pick up this little trail right here. 32 00:01:50,044 --> 00:01:52,277 It should keep us in the direction we wanna go. 33 00:01:53,981 --> 00:01:55,214 We stay in the woods, 34 00:01:55,716 --> 00:01:57,015 we just keep humping it 35 00:01:57,751 --> 00:01:59,184 until we get back to the shop. 36 00:01:59,787 --> 00:02:01,220 Take us a little bit of time, 37 00:02:02,857 --> 00:02:04,389 but I think it's best to do that 38 00:02:04,391 --> 00:02:05,791 instead of trying to get out to the main road 39 00:02:05,793 --> 00:02:07,192 and catch a ride 40 00:02:07,695 --> 00:02:09,194 or call anybody to come and get us. 41 00:02:11,065 --> 00:02:11,930 A lot of times they'll get on the main roads 42 00:02:11,932 --> 00:02:13,966 on a straightaway and they'll park a car. 43 00:02:13,968 --> 00:02:16,001 If you try to cross that hot top road, 44 00:02:16,036 --> 00:02:17,402 then they'll nail your butt. 45 00:02:19,240 --> 00:02:20,973 I just hope my buddies got away. 46 00:02:20,975 --> 00:02:23,876 We lost all that money, but I don't care about the money, 47 00:02:23,878 --> 00:02:25,978 as long as nobody goes to jail. 48 00:02:34,121 --> 00:02:36,321 [country music playing] 49 00:02:40,094 --> 00:02:41,226 that's howard. 50 00:02:43,931 --> 00:02:44,696 What do you say, tim? 51 00:02:44,698 --> 00:02:46,231 Man, I'm glad you're here. 52 00:02:46,233 --> 00:02:48,400 I need some help. We gotta make us some gasohol man. 53 00:02:48,402 --> 00:02:49,301 Some what? 54 00:02:49,870 --> 00:02:51,203 Some gasohol. 55 00:02:52,006 --> 00:02:53,639 [narrator] in culpeper, virginia, 56 00:02:53,641 --> 00:02:58,577 after a cyber-attack shut down a major east coast gas pipeline, 57 00:02:58,579 --> 00:03:01,380 tim turns to a backwoods hack of his own. 58 00:03:01,382 --> 00:03:03,782 You saw that long line of people waiting for gas. 59 00:03:03,784 --> 00:03:05,317 Yeah, I've seen it, but I figured that's for lottery or something. 60 00:03:05,319 --> 00:03:07,953 No, no, no, no, no, there's no gas down there. 61 00:03:07,955 --> 00:03:11,823 People waiting so when that tanker truck comes they gonna get it. 62 00:03:11,825 --> 00:03:14,526 [tim smith] we're in a major gas shortage on the east coast. 63 00:03:14,528 --> 00:03:17,863 I think there's gonna be a need for what they call gasohol, 64 00:03:17,865 --> 00:03:22,601 which is a combination of high ethanol moonshine mixed with gasoline. 65 00:03:22,603 --> 00:03:24,036 I thought you gave me a call to make some shine. 66 00:03:24,038 --> 00:03:25,938 How the hell you gonna propose we make gas. 67 00:03:25,940 --> 00:03:27,506 You seen at the gas pump when you go there 68 00:03:27,508 --> 00:03:29,241 -and it says 10% ethanol? -Yeah. 69 00:03:29,243 --> 00:03:33,312 They adding a 10% of moonshine into it. That's what that is. 70 00:03:35,216 --> 00:03:39,685 [narrator] from the moment the internal combustion engine was connected to wheels, 71 00:03:39,687 --> 00:03:44,823 the search was on for a fuel to provide the most power and efficiency. 72 00:03:44,825 --> 00:03:46,592 Two leaders quickly emerged. 73 00:03:46,594 --> 00:03:49,628 Gasoline and corn based ethanol. 74 00:03:49,630 --> 00:03:53,599 Both fuels remained popular until 1909, 75 00:03:53,601 --> 00:03:57,102 when the discovery of vast oil fields in texas 76 00:03:57,104 --> 00:03:59,905 led gasoline to dominate the market. 77 00:03:59,907 --> 00:04:02,341 But it was ultimately prohibition 78 00:04:02,343 --> 00:04:05,043 and the ban on all alcohol production. 79 00:04:05,045 --> 00:04:09,848 That sounded the final death knell for ethanol as fuel. 80 00:04:09,850 --> 00:04:12,351 Ethanol remained a footnote in history, 81 00:04:12,353 --> 00:04:16,788 until the gas crisis of the 1970s put ethanol back on the table 82 00:04:16,790 --> 00:04:21,793 as a means of stretching the limited supply of gasoline. 83 00:04:21,795 --> 00:04:26,798 Today, most gasoline we purchase is blended with 10% ethanol known as e10. 84 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:30,202 And some cars with the flex-fuel designation 85 00:04:30,204 --> 00:04:35,440 can run on a mix as high as 85% ethanol, sold as e85. 86 00:04:36,543 --> 00:04:37,876 What's the proof on this gonna be? 87 00:04:37,878 --> 00:04:38,810 -How high we get it? -As high as we can. 88 00:04:38,812 --> 00:04:40,679 We gotta bag up some corn. 89 00:04:40,681 --> 00:04:43,715 I wanna start making some batches in these trash cans here 90 00:04:43,717 --> 00:04:45,817 and we gonna make some high test moonshine. 91 00:04:45,819 --> 00:04:47,819 -You in? -I'm down with always down. 92 00:04:47,821 --> 00:04:49,554 [tim] when you go to the gas station, 93 00:04:49,556 --> 00:04:52,991 the gas pump has a mixture that is 10% ethanol, 94 00:04:52,993 --> 00:04:56,261 90% gasoline and that's what we use every day. 95 00:04:56,864 --> 00:04:57,562 Hey, howard, you ready? 96 00:04:57,564 --> 00:04:59,031 I was born ready. 97 00:04:59,700 --> 00:05:02,901 [tim] the goal here is to find the highest percentage 98 00:05:02,903 --> 00:05:04,803 of ethanol to actually put in a combustible engine. 99 00:05:04,805 --> 00:05:07,172 What do you want filling? About three-quarters of the way up? 100 00:05:07,174 --> 00:05:08,907 [tim] if you can carry it, fill it up. 101 00:05:08,909 --> 00:05:11,009 I got a bad back, you carry. 102 00:05:11,045 --> 00:05:12,144 Oh! 103 00:05:12,179 --> 00:05:13,879 I need to run a little research and development first 104 00:05:13,881 --> 00:05:15,580 because there's different engines out there. 105 00:05:15,582 --> 00:05:16,982 We have fuel injection engines, 106 00:05:16,984 --> 00:05:19,484 we also have engineering has been done to engines 107 00:05:19,486 --> 00:05:20,819 to make 'em more fuel efficient. 108 00:05:20,821 --> 00:05:22,788 [howard] hell, I ain't gonna be able to carry this nowhere. 109 00:05:22,790 --> 00:05:23,655 [tim] I'm gonna cut it off. 110 00:05:24,625 --> 00:05:25,624 I don't know if it's gonna work. 111 00:05:25,659 --> 00:05:27,759 But first step we just got to make a basic mash 112 00:05:27,761 --> 00:05:30,395 just like we were gonna make moonshine to drink. 113 00:05:30,397 --> 00:05:33,165 Damn, tim, I've only been here five minutes, I'm already a mess. 114 00:05:33,167 --> 00:05:35,867 After about two weeks, you'll be looking like me. 115 00:05:35,869 --> 00:05:36,802 Slim and trim? 116 00:05:36,804 --> 00:05:37,536 That's it, man. 117 00:05:37,538 --> 00:05:39,037 Tim fonda workout. 118 00:05:40,708 --> 00:05:42,140 [howard] now, take it easy, old buddy. 119 00:05:42,276 --> 00:05:45,043 Like a carton of eggs I'm delicate. 120 00:05:45,045 --> 00:05:48,146 [tim] you know, today there are people lining up trying to get gasoline, 121 00:05:48,148 --> 00:05:49,648 but a moonshiner can make his own. 122 00:05:49,650 --> 00:05:50,749 [both grunting] 123 00:05:50,751 --> 00:05:52,651 [tim] oh, man, we got to get you in shape. 124 00:05:52,653 --> 00:05:55,887 [howard] I told you, I am a shape, I'm round. 125 00:05:55,889 --> 00:05:57,589 We can grow our own food, we can make our own alcohol, 126 00:05:57,591 --> 00:06:00,292 and we can make our own gasoline. 127 00:06:00,294 --> 00:06:02,561 Here, at the farm, we're a moonshine distillery. 128 00:06:02,563 --> 00:06:04,296 We got a 4,000 gallon still inside 129 00:06:04,298 --> 00:06:05,831 that we're running the main brand here, 130 00:06:05,833 --> 00:06:07,632 you know, climax is our main brand. 131 00:06:07,634 --> 00:06:08,667 You know, we don't wanna interfere with that, 132 00:06:08,669 --> 00:06:09,935 we don't wanna stop anything. 133 00:06:09,937 --> 00:06:12,070 So, I think we'll go back to the woods with this, 134 00:06:12,072 --> 00:06:14,005 you know, do the moonshine way. 135 00:06:14,007 --> 00:06:15,307 Well, we gotta get the water hose. 136 00:06:15,542 --> 00:06:16,575 Put some water. 137 00:06:16,810 --> 00:06:17,809 -And the hose, we gonna suck... -Put the grain. 138 00:06:17,811 --> 00:06:19,177 And we're gonna pull out of this creek? 139 00:06:19,913 --> 00:06:21,880 Hey, there are fishes in there. 140 00:06:21,882 --> 00:06:23,482 -So, it's gotta be good water. -[howard laughing] 141 00:06:23,484 --> 00:06:25,016 this is a lot of wildlife. 142 00:06:25,018 --> 00:06:26,818 So, it's not bad for you, it can't be. 143 00:06:26,820 --> 00:06:29,087 Just a lot of urine and feces, love it. 144 00:06:29,089 --> 00:06:30,889 But we're not making moonshine to drink. 145 00:06:30,891 --> 00:06:33,191 We making moonshine to put it in a tank. 146 00:06:35,028 --> 00:06:37,229 [howard] power is live. 147 00:06:37,231 --> 00:06:38,330 Something's coming, there you go. 148 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:41,333 -Get some of that corn. -[howard] all right. 149 00:06:42,736 --> 00:06:44,736 [tim] get some of that sugar right there. 150 00:06:44,738 --> 00:06:46,605 -Half and half. -Half and half coming in. 151 00:06:46,607 --> 00:06:49,574 It's like an arnold palmer. Half and half. 152 00:06:49,576 --> 00:06:51,676 Man, tim, it's crazy we even got a gas shortage, old buddy. 153 00:06:51,678 --> 00:06:54,813 Well, when I was a kid, we had the same scenario, 154 00:06:54,815 --> 00:06:56,681 and you was limited, how much gas you could get. 155 00:06:56,683 --> 00:06:58,417 You could only get $2. 156 00:06:58,419 --> 00:06:59,651 -Back then-- -they'd do this then too. 157 00:06:59,653 --> 00:07:01,853 Yeah. Back then, a whole lot of guys did that. 158 00:07:01,855 --> 00:07:03,555 The bootleggers didn't have no problem with gas. 159 00:07:03,557 --> 00:07:05,390 -Was thinking when you were talking. -It was--. 160 00:07:05,392 --> 00:07:07,392 Was thinking if it happens like the great depression. 161 00:07:07,394 --> 00:07:10,529 No, now the great depression, that's my dad's time. That's way back then. 162 00:07:10,531 --> 00:07:12,497 Did they have gas back then? 163 00:07:12,499 --> 00:07:14,599 They didn't have to need no gas, they had horses. 164 00:07:14,601 --> 00:07:16,902 -They had to feed them corn. -[howard laughing] 165 00:07:16,904 --> 00:07:18,303 so, corn makes the world go around. 166 00:07:18,305 --> 00:07:19,871 Corn went straight to the horse. 167 00:07:19,873 --> 00:07:23,842 Now, we make the corn to make gasoline to go to the motorized horse. 168 00:07:23,844 --> 00:07:25,043 All right, get that yeast over there. 169 00:07:25,045 --> 00:07:26,311 Oh, yeah. 170 00:07:26,313 --> 00:07:26,878 Here comes that activator. 171 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:28,680 Split it up between them. 172 00:07:28,682 --> 00:07:30,882 Put a little bit in this and a little bit in that. 173 00:07:30,884 --> 00:07:32,918 It's a shame, we got to turn it into something 174 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:34,085 so high proof, we can't enjoy it. 175 00:07:34,087 --> 00:07:35,587 [tim laughs] 176 00:07:35,589 --> 00:07:37,088 -all right, I think we're good. -She's blended good. 177 00:07:37,090 --> 00:07:38,723 All right, howard, close this up. 178 00:07:38,725 --> 00:07:39,658 Close up shop. 179 00:07:52,139 --> 00:07:55,740 Jerry, let's try to get this bad baby fixed. 180 00:07:55,742 --> 00:07:56,374 We have our new core? 181 00:07:56,877 --> 00:07:58,210 We got our new core. 182 00:07:59,213 --> 00:08:00,545 I got her to burn, what do you think? 183 00:08:00,547 --> 00:08:01,813 Damn, I hope it does, brother. 184 00:08:01,815 --> 00:08:04,649 I don't wanna blow my damn self up no more. 185 00:08:04,651 --> 00:08:07,586 [narrator] in haywood county, north carolina, 186 00:08:07,588 --> 00:08:10,555 after an explosion derailed their first attempt 187 00:08:10,557 --> 00:08:12,591 at building a wooden still pot, 188 00:08:12,593 --> 00:08:15,727 mike and jerry start over from scratch. 189 00:08:15,729 --> 00:08:17,729 We're making a still out of a charred wood barrel. 190 00:08:17,731 --> 00:08:20,966 Hopefully, it's gonna transfer the age flavor 191 00:08:20,968 --> 00:08:23,802 into a clear alcohol which is what we're wanting. 192 00:08:23,804 --> 00:08:25,003 Best of both worlds. 193 00:08:25,005 --> 00:08:26,671 Now, this still amazes me man. 194 00:08:26,673 --> 00:08:28,773 -Keep that for a souvenir. -A-ha 195 00:08:28,775 --> 00:08:30,008 we are trying to build another core. 196 00:08:30,010 --> 00:08:31,977 What happened last time, 197 00:08:31,979 --> 00:08:32,644 someone gonna like to blow it up 198 00:08:32,646 --> 00:08:34,412 and blow my damn head out. 199 00:08:34,414 --> 00:08:36,181 I'm gonna solder it from the inside. 200 00:08:37,918 --> 00:08:40,886 Damn, oh god, oh. 201 00:08:40,888 --> 00:08:43,288 Barrel blowed up with alcohol in it. 202 00:08:44,825 --> 00:08:46,391 [jerry] there was alcohol vapor in this barrel, 203 00:08:46,393 --> 00:08:47,826 you can't put fire to a barrel 204 00:08:47,828 --> 00:08:48,827 that's got alcohol vapors in it. 205 00:08:48,829 --> 00:08:50,595 Putting some water in this barrel 206 00:08:50,597 --> 00:08:52,898 to try and get all the alcohol vapors out. 207 00:08:52,900 --> 00:08:54,933 So that, we can at least put a fire to it 208 00:08:54,935 --> 00:08:56,868 without blowing ourselves up. 209 00:08:56,870 --> 00:08:58,036 I tell you what man, I'm a little damn 210 00:08:58,038 --> 00:08:59,538 gun shy of this barrel. 211 00:08:59,540 --> 00:09:01,006 That's got to help it some. 212 00:09:01,008 --> 00:09:02,908 Put that fire to it and see what happens. 213 00:09:02,910 --> 00:09:05,143 So, we got to take them precautions. 214 00:09:05,979 --> 00:09:08,046 I ain't fixin' to get my eyes burned up again. 215 00:09:08,048 --> 00:09:09,581 Light it up, jerry. 216 00:09:09,583 --> 00:09:10,916 Let's see what happens here. 217 00:09:10,918 --> 00:09:12,951 We're gonna put a fire in there 218 00:09:12,953 --> 00:09:14,085 just to see if it's gonna burn. 219 00:09:20,761 --> 00:09:21,393 Bang! 220 00:09:21,995 --> 00:09:23,862 -You got me. -No flames. 221 00:09:23,864 --> 00:09:25,597 That's a good thing. 222 00:09:25,599 --> 00:09:27,566 Means we are ready to put this core in and solder it up. 223 00:09:27,568 --> 00:09:30,001 Let's get something accomplished. 224 00:09:30,003 --> 00:09:32,804 You know, me and jerry, we done had a tough start to our season. 225 00:09:32,806 --> 00:09:33,972 We lost a lot of liquor. 226 00:09:33,974 --> 00:09:35,774 We're broke and 227 00:09:35,776 --> 00:09:37,142 we ain't got nothing started yet. 228 00:09:37,144 --> 00:09:38,443 We'll see how she's gonna fit up here. 229 00:09:39,813 --> 00:09:41,913 Oh, yes. 230 00:09:41,915 --> 00:09:43,748 You know, this still should have been done by now. 231 00:09:43,750 --> 00:09:45,417 I feel like I'm spinning my wheels. 232 00:09:45,419 --> 00:09:46,885 We've got to get this thing in the woods 233 00:09:46,887 --> 00:09:48,353 and get some liquor making. 234 00:09:49,923 --> 00:09:50,922 Screwing down nice and tight here. 235 00:09:50,924 --> 00:09:51,790 Ain't it? 236 00:09:51,792 --> 00:09:52,857 The bottom side done, 237 00:09:52,859 --> 00:09:54,593 we'll be ready to roll to the woods. 238 00:09:54,595 --> 00:09:55,694 You know, this barrel we're using 239 00:09:55,696 --> 00:09:58,096 it's gonna be both our mash barrel and our still pot. 240 00:09:58,098 --> 00:09:59,631 We're gotta make sure, we've got a way to access 241 00:09:59,633 --> 00:10:00,498 and clean this thing out 242 00:10:00,500 --> 00:10:02,968 and get our materials into this barrel. 243 00:10:02,970 --> 00:10:05,136 So, we're gonna cut about a 4-inch hole in the top of it. 244 00:10:07,574 --> 00:10:08,540 There we go. 245 00:10:08,609 --> 00:10:10,275 This hole right here is actually going to be 246 00:10:10,277 --> 00:10:12,544 our cap, where our alcohol gonna condense 247 00:10:12,546 --> 00:10:14,779 and work over to our condenser. 248 00:10:14,781 --> 00:10:17,882 Also, it's gonna serve as our port to get our ingredients in 249 00:10:17,884 --> 00:10:18,817 and get it started up, 250 00:10:18,819 --> 00:10:20,752 because we got a mash in inside this barrel. 251 00:10:20,754 --> 00:10:23,788 Probably, the smallest damn cap in history. 252 00:10:23,790 --> 00:10:25,991 With this cap built, it fits like a glove. 253 00:10:26,793 --> 00:10:27,726 I'll be surprised 254 00:10:27,828 --> 00:10:29,794 if we even had to put any paste around it. 255 00:10:29,796 --> 00:10:30,929 It's one hell of a unique cap, ain't it. 256 00:10:30,931 --> 00:10:32,764 Damn right. It'll work. 257 00:10:32,766 --> 00:10:34,866 Now that we've got our still built, 258 00:10:34,868 --> 00:10:36,801 all me and jerry's got to do is figure out 259 00:10:36,803 --> 00:10:38,970 how in hell we're gonna put a fire under this damn thing, 260 00:10:38,972 --> 00:10:40,872 without burning the wood up 261 00:10:40,874 --> 00:10:43,408 and make damn sure we don't blow ourselves up no more. 262 00:10:44,645 --> 00:10:45,744 We got it, we got it ready to heat now. 263 00:10:45,746 --> 00:10:47,212 We just need a way to heat it. 264 00:10:56,990 --> 00:10:59,491 Not in the last 2-3 hours, nobody at all? 265 00:10:59,493 --> 00:11:00,825 There's no way you can check to see 266 00:11:00,827 --> 00:11:03,528 if the feds have brought anybody in for me and give me a callback. 267 00:11:03,530 --> 00:11:05,764 You know, we got connections all over the county. 268 00:11:05,766 --> 00:11:08,633 First thing, I did was make a couple phone calls, 269 00:11:08,635 --> 00:11:09,801 trying to find out what's going on. 270 00:11:09,803 --> 00:11:11,736 Holler back at me, all right? 271 00:11:11,738 --> 00:11:13,938 Can you bring anybody in up at the county jail. 272 00:11:13,940 --> 00:11:16,107 Now, I tried to call josh, I tried to call tickle. 273 00:11:16,109 --> 00:11:17,575 I don't have brian's number. 274 00:11:17,577 --> 00:11:18,410 No answer. 275 00:11:18,412 --> 00:11:20,545 He and I we made it back to the shop, 276 00:11:20,547 --> 00:11:21,946 but tickle, josh, brian, 277 00:11:21,948 --> 00:11:24,015 you know, I'm really concerned about them. 278 00:11:24,017 --> 00:11:25,717 I hope the feds ain't got them. 279 00:11:25,719 --> 00:11:27,886 It's obviously something went wrong, 280 00:11:27,888 --> 00:11:29,054 you know, we don't know what. 281 00:11:29,056 --> 00:11:31,289 It's time to take a drink, my nerves are torn to pieces. 282 00:11:44,004 --> 00:11:44,869 You the first one spotted them. 283 00:11:44,871 --> 00:11:46,304 I heard you holler someone's coming 284 00:11:46,306 --> 00:11:47,706 -across the bridge. -I knew in my head, 285 00:11:47,708 --> 00:11:49,607 I had the feeling we got out of the truck, what did I tell you? 286 00:11:49,609 --> 00:11:51,076 I said, here me, I got a bad feeling. 287 00:11:51,078 --> 00:11:53,645 -I don't know why. -[speaking indistinctly] 288 00:11:53,680 --> 00:11:54,946 man, what the hell. 289 00:11:58,418 --> 00:12:00,852 I had the feeling we got out of the truck, what did I tell you? 290 00:12:00,854 --> 00:12:02,854 I said, here me, I got a bad feeling. 291 00:12:02,856 --> 00:12:05,223 -I don't know. -[speaking indistinctly] 292 00:12:05,892 --> 00:12:06,925 man, what the hell. 293 00:12:06,927 --> 00:12:07,926 I know, man! 294 00:12:07,928 --> 00:12:09,894 -God! -Damn thing! 295 00:12:09,896 --> 00:12:11,463 Yeah, it is good see you. 296 00:12:11,465 --> 00:12:12,664 You could plan all [beep] 297 00:12:12,666 --> 00:12:16,735 what you know, I had to find my way back, man. 298 00:12:16,737 --> 00:12:18,837 Yeah, look at that, look at that, what are you talking about? 299 00:12:18,839 --> 00:12:22,006 When I looked up and these guys was hollering, "freeze". 300 00:12:22,008 --> 00:12:24,375 First thing that went through my mind was, 301 00:12:24,945 --> 00:12:26,811 I ain't going back to jail. 302 00:12:26,813 --> 00:12:29,047 You got a shot to liquor around here or something. 303 00:12:29,049 --> 00:12:30,749 -We might got some of that. -I need one of them. 304 00:12:30,751 --> 00:12:33,118 We've been talking to tickle for the past couple years. 305 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:34,786 We've been working together. 306 00:12:34,788 --> 00:12:35,854 We've been drilling in his head, 307 00:12:35,856 --> 00:12:37,088 how to get away. 308 00:12:37,090 --> 00:12:37,956 What to do if you get raided. 309 00:12:37,958 --> 00:12:39,691 Tickle you got away. 310 00:12:39,693 --> 00:12:42,660 Evidently, the stuff that we put in his head, 311 00:12:42,662 --> 00:12:45,263 he listened and he listened real well. 312 00:12:45,265 --> 00:12:47,065 I know you was on the, sort of, the outside, 313 00:12:47,067 --> 00:12:49,567 but josh and brian was in that middle, 314 00:12:49,569 --> 00:12:50,769 right behind me. 315 00:12:50,771 --> 00:12:52,771 -Right in that hole. -Yeah, they was hung. 316 00:12:52,773 --> 00:12:55,774 They was tied up and a guy, ran by me. 317 00:12:55,776 --> 00:12:57,942 -He was focused. -He done zoomed in on them. 318 00:12:57,944 --> 00:12:59,577 Didn't even look over our way. 319 00:12:59,579 --> 00:13:01,412 He never even turned towards us. 320 00:13:01,414 --> 00:13:04,549 All I can say is if one of them did get caught, 321 00:13:04,551 --> 00:13:06,951 our first run of the damn season, 322 00:13:07,721 --> 00:13:09,420 bail money ain't gonna be easy to come by. 323 00:13:10,624 --> 00:13:13,091 -Oh, oh, oh. -Oh. 324 00:13:13,093 --> 00:13:15,760 -This, he gotta sandwich. -He gotta sandwich. 325 00:13:15,762 --> 00:13:17,162 You were at the store. 326 00:13:17,164 --> 00:13:19,697 -Ah! -I'd like it to pass it to you. 327 00:13:19,699 --> 00:13:20,832 Good to see you. 328 00:13:20,834 --> 00:13:22,300 It is glad to see somebody I know. 329 00:13:22,302 --> 00:13:23,601 Oh, my god. 330 00:13:23,603 --> 00:13:24,969 Where's joshua? 331 00:13:25,839 --> 00:13:27,405 -Don't know, now. -I don't know. 332 00:13:27,407 --> 00:13:28,373 Close the damn door. 333 00:13:29,009 --> 00:13:31,176 Kinda damn nerve-racking, ain't it? 334 00:13:41,988 --> 00:13:42,754 Pretty good looking shop, ain't it. 335 00:13:42,756 --> 00:13:44,189 It is. 336 00:13:44,191 --> 00:13:45,757 Looks like they've got plenty of stuff to work with in here. 337 00:13:45,759 --> 00:13:46,858 Oh, my gosh, yeah. 338 00:13:46,860 --> 00:13:47,992 Today, here at this metal shop, 339 00:13:47,994 --> 00:13:49,627 we're actually gonna build, what we call a rocket elbow. 340 00:13:49,629 --> 00:13:52,497 That's where we're gonna heat our wooden barrel for our still. 341 00:13:52,499 --> 00:13:53,798 Let's go in here and see if we can find michael. 342 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:55,266 -I'll show you around a little bit. -Right. 343 00:13:56,136 --> 00:13:57,402 How's it going, jerry? 344 00:13:57,404 --> 00:13:58,403 Been doing good, man. 345 00:13:58,405 --> 00:13:59,137 -How you? -You're in town. 346 00:13:59,139 --> 00:13:59,737 Yeah, man. 347 00:13:59,739 --> 00:14:01,039 Mike, this is mike. 348 00:14:01,041 --> 00:14:02,941 You know, this metal shop here that we're at today, 349 00:14:02,943 --> 00:14:03,741 it's pretty special to me. 350 00:14:03,743 --> 00:14:05,743 I worked here for almost 13 years. 351 00:14:05,745 --> 00:14:08,847 We've got a little project we're working on here. 352 00:14:08,849 --> 00:14:10,815 Me and mike's gonna build a rocket elbow 353 00:14:10,817 --> 00:14:11,749 and so basically we're needing some 354 00:14:11,751 --> 00:14:12,917 4 x 4 square tubing, 355 00:14:12,919 --> 00:14:14,652 and then our legs we'll find some 356 00:14:14,654 --> 00:14:15,987 inch and a half, inch and a quarter. 357 00:14:15,989 --> 00:14:17,689 So, what we'd like to do is put some, like, three-inch circles here, 358 00:14:17,691 --> 00:14:19,858 maybe some four-inch circles on the bottom, 359 00:14:19,860 --> 00:14:21,759 where we just weld on to keep it from sinking up in the mud. 360 00:14:21,761 --> 00:14:22,927 We can do it. 361 00:14:22,929 --> 00:14:24,596 Do you use that plasma cutter? Does it still burn? 362 00:14:24,598 --> 00:14:26,931 You know, if we use the normal propane burner on a wooden barrel, 363 00:14:26,933 --> 00:14:28,666 I think it will just catch fire and burn. 364 00:14:28,668 --> 00:14:30,034 Rocket elbow, what it's gonna do is 365 00:14:30,036 --> 00:14:31,903 it's gonna be able to heat this core 366 00:14:31,905 --> 00:14:33,004 from the inside out. 367 00:14:33,540 --> 00:14:34,706 [narrator] a rocket stove burns 368 00:14:34,708 --> 00:14:37,308 wood at extremely high temperatures 369 00:14:37,310 --> 00:14:41,279 with near total combustion and almost no smoke. 370 00:14:41,281 --> 00:14:45,617 The secret to its efficiency lies in its elbow design, 371 00:14:45,619 --> 00:14:50,622 which draws a large volume of oxygenated fresh air through its intake tube, 372 00:14:50,624 --> 00:14:54,626 and into direct contact with the burning fuel. 373 00:14:54,628 --> 00:14:57,629 As heat from the fire rises into the heat pipe, 374 00:14:57,631 --> 00:15:00,598 a strong upward draft is created, 375 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:04,702 causing more air to be pulled into the intake pipe. 376 00:15:04,704 --> 00:15:07,972 Its name comes from the rocket sound caused by the air 377 00:15:07,974 --> 00:15:10,408 quickly rushing through the intake tube 378 00:15:10,410 --> 00:15:12,110 and stoking the flames. 379 00:15:13,146 --> 00:15:14,746 We're gonna get the cutting, how about that. 380 00:15:14,748 --> 00:15:15,880 [jerry] sounds good. 381 00:15:15,882 --> 00:15:17,749 We're cutting out all of our flanges 382 00:15:17,751 --> 00:15:19,717 and our feet for our stand 383 00:15:19,719 --> 00:15:21,986 to actually put our rocket burner on. 384 00:15:21,988 --> 00:15:24,255 That's what this plasma cutter is here for. 385 00:15:28,962 --> 00:15:30,128 That beats the heck out of a grinder 386 00:15:30,130 --> 00:15:31,029 and a cutting torch... 387 00:15:31,031 --> 00:15:31,930 -You ain't kidding. -It certainly does. 388 00:15:31,965 --> 00:15:33,965 The circles we're gonna cut out today. 389 00:15:33,967 --> 00:15:35,533 Basically, some bigger circles for the feet 390 00:15:35,535 --> 00:15:36,734 to set on the ground, 391 00:15:37,070 --> 00:15:39,570 the other one's gonna be to help support the barrel. 392 00:15:39,572 --> 00:15:42,040 The plasma cutter is phenomenal, it's awesome. 393 00:15:42,609 --> 00:15:44,108 It makes short work of anything, 394 00:15:44,110 --> 00:15:47,045 where it would take us half a day or a whole day to do. 395 00:15:47,447 --> 00:15:49,047 It takes three minutes. 396 00:15:49,049 --> 00:15:51,783 This barrel, it's actually, it's gonna just sit on the stand. 397 00:15:51,785 --> 00:15:53,851 Then we'll put our legs on here. 398 00:15:53,853 --> 00:15:54,986 That's where our barrel's gonna sit. 399 00:15:58,391 --> 00:16:00,558 [jerry] this design we're using in this rocket elbow, 400 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:02,694 basically it just works on old technology 401 00:16:02,696 --> 00:16:04,062 and most people call it the chimney effect. 402 00:16:04,064 --> 00:16:06,164 So, everybody knows that heat rises. 403 00:16:06,967 --> 00:16:08,666 So, if you get a fire built 404 00:16:08,668 --> 00:16:10,168 and you channel it in one direction, 405 00:16:10,170 --> 00:16:11,369 it has nowhere else to go but up, 406 00:16:11,371 --> 00:16:12,870 it actually creates a vacuum. 407 00:16:12,872 --> 00:16:14,806 Well, that vacuum is gonna actually add oxygen 408 00:16:14,808 --> 00:16:16,975 to a fire and make it hotter. 409 00:16:16,977 --> 00:16:18,276 So, there we go, there's our burner. 410 00:16:18,278 --> 00:16:19,410 Our wood feed here, 411 00:16:19,412 --> 00:16:21,412 while this gonna be our fresh air in come, 412 00:16:21,414 --> 00:16:24,082 our actual flame and our heat will take place right here. 413 00:16:24,084 --> 00:16:25,583 It will travel through the tube 414 00:16:25,585 --> 00:16:26,718 and then up to the flue. 415 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:28,653 And mike is working on the frame, 416 00:16:28,655 --> 00:16:30,188 we will be making liquor before we know it. 417 00:16:30,757 --> 00:16:31,656 You know, I'm a welder myself. 418 00:16:31,658 --> 00:16:34,792 I'm no stranger to working in a metal shop. 419 00:16:34,794 --> 00:16:36,794 You know, it feels good to be able to put hands on 420 00:16:36,796 --> 00:16:39,630 and cut stuff, fit stuff and get it all welded up. 421 00:16:39,632 --> 00:16:40,898 Jerry, I hope this rocket elbow 422 00:16:40,900 --> 00:16:43,001 does what we think it will, buddy. 423 00:16:43,003 --> 00:16:44,635 Man, I have a good feeling about it. 424 00:16:44,637 --> 00:16:47,071 This kinda reminds me a lot of our column still, 425 00:16:47,073 --> 00:16:48,940 you know, it's something that's never been done before, 426 00:16:48,942 --> 00:16:49,707 at least not that we know of. 427 00:16:49,709 --> 00:16:51,209 Park it. 428 00:16:51,211 --> 00:16:52,710 I think we're better to set her on the legs, ain't we? 429 00:16:52,712 --> 00:16:53,745 All right. 430 00:16:53,747 --> 00:16:55,713 You know, I am damn well hoping this works. 431 00:16:55,715 --> 00:16:57,715 I know it's gonna get hot, it's gonna burn. 432 00:16:57,717 --> 00:16:59,784 But I'm worried we gonna burn something down. 433 00:16:59,786 --> 00:17:01,886 That son of a bitch ought to burn hotter than a nanny goat 434 00:17:01,888 --> 00:17:04,022 in a pepper patch picking six rows at a time. 435 00:17:04,024 --> 00:17:05,390 That's pretty damn hot, son. 436 00:17:05,392 --> 00:17:06,824 The next step, all we gotta do 437 00:17:06,826 --> 00:17:08,693 is to set this thing up on the stand, 438 00:17:08,695 --> 00:17:10,061 mash it in and we're done. 439 00:17:10,063 --> 00:17:11,195 We're ready for the season. 440 00:17:12,999 --> 00:17:14,032 [mike laughs] 441 00:17:27,914 --> 00:17:28,346 ah-ha. 442 00:17:30,617 --> 00:17:32,050 All right. 443 00:17:32,052 --> 00:17:33,484 -All right, howard. -All right. 444 00:17:33,486 --> 00:17:34,952 Going in the woods man. 445 00:17:34,954 --> 00:17:36,421 I know what I'm supposed to do from here, old buddy. 446 00:17:36,423 --> 00:17:37,422 Yeah. 447 00:17:37,424 --> 00:17:39,957 Today is the day we're gonna make gasohol. 448 00:17:39,959 --> 00:17:41,826 We don't know how long this gas shortage is gonna last. 449 00:17:41,828 --> 00:17:42,660 [howard] lord have mercy. 450 00:17:42,662 --> 00:17:44,629 I'm thinking right up in here, howard. 451 00:17:44,631 --> 00:17:46,998 But, I'm pretty sure this is probably gonna happen again. 452 00:17:47,000 --> 00:17:49,000 Same as it happened back in the '70s. 453 00:17:49,002 --> 00:17:50,201 You reckon the mash is ready? 454 00:17:50,303 --> 00:17:50,902 I think so. 455 00:17:50,904 --> 00:17:52,770 So, we got to be prepared. 456 00:17:52,772 --> 00:17:53,971 -Look at it right there. -Beautiful. 457 00:17:53,973 --> 00:17:54,906 That's ready, man. 458 00:17:54,908 --> 00:17:55,773 That's delicious. 459 00:17:55,775 --> 00:17:57,108 That's it, mother's milk. 460 00:17:57,110 --> 00:17:57,975 All right, let's get this thing set up. 461 00:17:57,977 --> 00:17:58,810 All right. 462 00:18:00,814 --> 00:18:02,513 The higher the alcohol level we get, 463 00:18:02,515 --> 00:18:04,916 the less water content we have. 464 00:18:04,918 --> 00:18:06,717 Which should be more efficient to running an engine. 465 00:18:06,719 --> 00:18:09,020 This could be the start to something very explosive. 466 00:18:09,022 --> 00:18:10,721 So we're gonna redistill this a few times, 467 00:18:10,723 --> 00:18:11,889 separate the water from it 468 00:18:11,891 --> 00:18:14,725 to try to get the alcohol up as high as possible, 469 00:18:14,727 --> 00:18:15,927 man that does look good. 470 00:18:15,929 --> 00:18:17,728 But now, we still gonna have to experiment. 471 00:18:17,730 --> 00:18:18,863 There's different engines out there. 472 00:18:18,865 --> 00:18:21,299 There's different engines and different vehicles. 473 00:18:21,301 --> 00:18:23,401 So, we may have a mix it with gasoline 474 00:18:23,403 --> 00:18:26,637 to get a happy medium that will go into everyone's. 475 00:18:26,639 --> 00:18:27,405 Excuse me there, sir. 476 00:18:27,407 --> 00:18:29,006 Make sure it don't turn over. 477 00:18:29,008 --> 00:18:30,842 [howard] going from mash to gas. 478 00:18:30,844 --> 00:18:31,709 [tim] mash gas. 479 00:18:31,711 --> 00:18:33,010 [howard] mash gas. 480 00:18:38,852 --> 00:18:40,785 [tim] now, we gotta light it up. 481 00:18:40,787 --> 00:18:42,019 [howard] add a little fire to her. 482 00:18:42,822 --> 00:18:43,287 [howard] you got her? 483 00:18:43,289 --> 00:18:45,189 Oh, she's jumping. 484 00:18:46,559 --> 00:18:48,826 [tim] I mean seriously, what we're doing is a good deed, man. 485 00:18:48,828 --> 00:18:50,728 It's kind of crazy when people are trying 486 00:18:50,730 --> 00:18:51,863 to get all this gas, you know. 487 00:18:51,865 --> 00:18:54,065 Well, it's ridiculous, I've seen a woman 488 00:18:54,067 --> 00:18:55,967 at a gas station, on tv though. 489 00:18:55,969 --> 00:18:58,569 She's pouring in a bag, a plastic bag 490 00:18:58,571 --> 00:18:59,504 filling up, trying to tie it. 491 00:18:59,506 --> 00:19:01,906 When she goes to put it in her trunk, 492 00:19:01,908 --> 00:19:04,542 not smart enough to understand that gasoline will eat through the plastic, 493 00:19:04,544 --> 00:19:06,344 dumps gas on the back of her trunk. 494 00:19:06,346 --> 00:19:07,912 -Anyway, this thing-- -then she gets another bag 495 00:19:07,914 --> 00:19:08,980 and goes trying to fill that one up. 496 00:19:08,982 --> 00:19:09,914 -Double bag it. -[laughs] 497 00:19:09,916 --> 00:19:11,149 yeah, she gonna double bag. 498 00:19:11,151 --> 00:19:13,117 I can't wait to run this in your truck. 499 00:19:13,653 --> 00:19:14,552 About that, 500 00:19:14,554 --> 00:19:17,722 what I do think we should consider first 501 00:19:17,724 --> 00:19:19,590 is possibly running it in something a little smaller. 502 00:19:19,592 --> 00:19:20,892 Something that is, you know... 503 00:19:20,894 --> 00:19:22,927 -I don't wanna waste it. -Not a $25,000 vehicle. 504 00:19:22,929 --> 00:19:24,729 Proof of small concept, 505 00:19:24,731 --> 00:19:25,830 then we move to the big leagues. 506 00:19:25,832 --> 00:19:27,899 I don't mind running it in mine. 507 00:19:27,901 --> 00:19:28,866 But, I don't wanna be the first guy to do it. 508 00:19:28,868 --> 00:19:30,935 Ain't your truck flex-fuel? 509 00:19:30,937 --> 00:19:32,770 You're gonna flex my engine right out to dadgum. 510 00:19:32,772 --> 00:19:34,105 Motor mounts. 511 00:19:35,008 --> 00:19:36,140 I'm telling you man, I don't want this thing 512 00:19:36,142 --> 00:19:37,408 to blow through the hood. 513 00:19:37,410 --> 00:19:38,776 Look how it's running. 514 00:19:38,778 --> 00:19:39,944 That's a perfect stream too man. 515 00:19:39,946 --> 00:19:41,779 Put the jar there and gimme this bucket. 516 00:19:41,781 --> 00:19:43,447 I want the first stuff to come out of there. 517 00:19:44,083 --> 00:19:45,416 This is the first stuff right here. 518 00:19:49,522 --> 00:19:51,022 Put that in the hydrometer. 519 00:19:51,958 --> 00:19:54,025 Well, she's floating, but she's down there. 520 00:19:55,395 --> 00:19:56,194 [tim] what you got? 521 00:19:56,229 --> 00:19:58,462 [howard] I got 150 on the nose, son. 522 00:19:58,464 --> 00:20:00,298 [tim] was a little bit higher proof than I expected. 523 00:20:00,300 --> 00:20:02,500 So, I'm really happy with the results there. 524 00:20:02,502 --> 00:20:05,903 I'm thinking if we can compound this and run it a number of times, 525 00:20:05,905 --> 00:20:08,773 I think we can increase it up to 190 proof, 526 00:20:08,775 --> 00:20:09,974 -so, give me that. -All right. 527 00:20:09,976 --> 00:20:11,876 Just put that in, don't spill it. 528 00:20:11,878 --> 00:20:14,145 -No, this is gold right here. -Yeah. 529 00:20:14,147 --> 00:20:15,980 We're working with 150 proof moonshine. 530 00:20:15,982 --> 00:20:17,515 That's highly flammable. 531 00:20:17,517 --> 00:20:20,418 So, we cut down the risk a little bit by putting some water in it. 532 00:20:21,588 --> 00:20:23,821 We're gonna put an open flame under this thing. 533 00:20:23,823 --> 00:20:25,389 We don't wanna blow ourselves up. 534 00:20:25,391 --> 00:20:26,958 All right, get the fire going. 535 00:20:28,094 --> 00:20:29,093 [howard] fire is on. 536 00:20:29,095 --> 00:20:30,795 You know, we're making a high proof moonshine. 537 00:20:30,797 --> 00:20:33,864 You got to keep distilling it to keep eliminating water 538 00:20:33,866 --> 00:20:36,968 and as you're distilling it, you're pulling that water out, 539 00:20:36,970 --> 00:20:40,238 and the percentage of ethanol will keep increasing. 540 00:20:41,608 --> 00:20:42,907 Look at that bubbling right down there. 541 00:20:42,909 --> 00:20:44,175 Oh, she's right, she is right. 542 00:20:44,744 --> 00:20:45,743 [tim] she's right there. 543 00:20:45,745 --> 00:20:46,978 Come on here gasohol. 544 00:20:46,980 --> 00:20:48,846 We'll make the world go round. 545 00:20:48,848 --> 00:20:49,780 -Look, look, look. -[howard] oh-oh. 546 00:20:49,782 --> 00:20:51,415 There you go, howard. 547 00:20:51,417 --> 00:20:52,984 [howard] I didn't doubt you for a minute, son. 548 00:20:52,986 --> 00:20:54,418 Let's see what we're working with. 549 00:20:57,056 --> 00:20:58,155 She's coming up there, howard. 550 00:20:59,659 --> 00:21:01,025 190. 551 00:21:01,027 --> 00:21:02,660 I can't believe you've done this. 552 00:21:02,662 --> 00:21:03,728 It actually come out pretty fast 553 00:21:03,730 --> 00:21:05,796 because the system's already hot. 554 00:21:05,798 --> 00:21:09,000 And the first jar that we pulled out of it is, like, 190, 555 00:21:09,002 --> 00:21:10,968 I mean, you can't get no better than that. 556 00:21:11,504 --> 00:21:12,403 All right, let's go. 557 00:21:13,706 --> 00:21:15,106 [howard] to the dirt bike and beyond. 558 00:21:16,409 --> 00:21:18,376 [upbeat country music playing] 559 00:21:20,613 --> 00:21:21,979 I'll tell you what, boy. 560 00:21:21,981 --> 00:21:23,881 This scenery never gets older, does it. 561 00:21:23,883 --> 00:21:24,815 No, it don't. 562 00:21:24,817 --> 00:21:26,751 Right here, this plot... [indistinct] 563 00:21:26,786 --> 00:21:28,286 you know my man, jeremy 564 00:21:28,288 --> 00:21:31,188 finally got this dangum wooden barrel stilt built. 565 00:21:32,258 --> 00:21:34,592 That's heavier that any damn stilt I have ever built. 566 00:21:34,594 --> 00:21:36,093 We ready to get into the woods, 567 00:21:36,095 --> 00:21:39,397 fire this thing up and get this thing mashed in. 568 00:21:39,399 --> 00:21:40,798 There's water right there bubba. 569 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:42,900 It is like to set us a pump right down there. 570 00:21:42,902 --> 00:21:43,601 -Pump it right to us. -Yeah 571 00:21:43,603 --> 00:21:44,735 yeah, we got down pipe, 572 00:21:44,737 --> 00:21:46,971 why won't we just go up high like gravity do the work, 573 00:21:46,973 --> 00:21:48,406 hopefully we get higher than what we're standing. 574 00:21:51,811 --> 00:21:52,877 Oh, it's nice, ain't it. 575 00:21:52,879 --> 00:21:54,645 That's so much I'm damn good looking, son. 576 00:21:54,647 --> 00:21:56,981 Gimme that damn pipe, let's get up closer. 577 00:21:56,983 --> 00:21:58,549 You know, this is gonna be pretty simple. 578 00:21:58,551 --> 00:21:59,917 We're gonna use a couple of rows 579 00:21:59,919 --> 00:22:02,420 old black pipe like the old timers used to. 580 00:22:02,422 --> 00:22:03,921 Get it up as high as we can. 581 00:22:03,923 --> 00:22:05,690 All we got to do is lay that black pipe 582 00:22:05,692 --> 00:22:07,692 and pack a few rocks around it 583 00:22:07,694 --> 00:22:09,760 and it's all downhill from my brother. 584 00:22:09,762 --> 00:22:11,629 Got good pressure and everything to it. 585 00:22:11,631 --> 00:22:13,531 Plenty of water going to the stilt site. 586 00:22:13,533 --> 00:22:15,066 That's what it takes to make good liquor. 587 00:22:15,068 --> 00:22:17,168 Now, we go get set up to heat up our water 588 00:22:17,170 --> 00:22:18,102 and get mashed in. 589 00:22:18,104 --> 00:22:19,637 You know, this is the site we're gonna use 590 00:22:19,639 --> 00:22:21,906 this rocket elbow and the wooden barrel for stilt. 591 00:22:21,908 --> 00:22:23,774 I'll tell you what, it's still kind of like up in the air. 592 00:22:23,776 --> 00:22:25,943 It's like, we think, we've got a good design. 593 00:22:25,945 --> 00:22:28,012 If it works, or we're thinking it's gonna work, 594 00:22:28,014 --> 00:22:29,747 it's gonna make some damn good liquor, 595 00:22:29,749 --> 00:22:31,549 but until we get some mash made 596 00:22:31,551 --> 00:22:33,851 and put heat to it, we really don't know. 597 00:22:33,853 --> 00:22:35,186 Just don't get too damn excited yet, 598 00:22:35,188 --> 00:22:36,387 until we'll get it mashed in. 599 00:22:36,923 --> 00:22:37,922 -Man I, -oh. 600 00:22:37,924 --> 00:22:39,957 I ain't gonna kiss you yet. 601 00:22:39,959 --> 00:22:41,025 All right, kiss me though. 602 00:22:41,027 --> 00:22:42,026 I might. 603 00:22:42,028 --> 00:22:44,362 -Kiss my butt maybe. -[laughs] 604 00:22:44,364 --> 00:22:45,496 you know, this is the first time 605 00:22:45,932 --> 00:22:47,565 me and jerry's putting all this stuff together. 606 00:22:47,567 --> 00:22:49,033 We're both excited to see how this is gonna work, 607 00:22:49,035 --> 00:22:51,068 but I'm kind of scared and iffy about it. 608 00:22:51,070 --> 00:22:52,303 I don't wanna burn nothing up. 609 00:22:52,839 --> 00:22:53,804 There we go. 610 00:22:53,806 --> 00:22:54,805 Heating up 50 gallons water, 611 00:22:54,807 --> 00:22:56,874 it takes a lot of heat to do this. 612 00:22:56,876 --> 00:22:58,542 We'll get something to burn man. 613 00:22:58,544 --> 00:23:00,044 About ready to run some. 614 00:23:00,046 --> 00:23:02,246 Mother nature's provided us a lot of wood, 615 00:23:02,248 --> 00:23:03,414 so, we're just gonna use that. 616 00:23:03,416 --> 00:23:04,382 Fire it up son. 617 00:23:10,056 --> 00:23:12,089 -You hear sound changing. -I do. 618 00:23:14,994 --> 00:23:16,093 I believe we're burning. 619 00:23:23,002 --> 00:23:23,934 Just barely smoking. 620 00:23:24,771 --> 00:23:25,403 I know barely. 621 00:23:27,106 --> 00:23:28,305 What do you think, jerry? 622 00:23:28,608 --> 00:23:29,707 I think it's working, 623 00:23:29,742 --> 00:23:31,675 it's just gonna take a minute to heat up, you know. 624 00:23:31,677 --> 00:23:33,911 We've got a 40 something gallons worth of cold water, 625 00:23:33,913 --> 00:23:35,413 it's gonna absorb a little bit of heat. 626 00:23:39,385 --> 00:23:40,885 We got the rocket burner fired up. 627 00:23:40,887 --> 00:23:42,386 It's actually, it's working. 628 00:23:42,388 --> 00:23:44,088 It's just not working, 629 00:23:44,857 --> 00:23:46,157 as quick as it should. 630 00:23:46,893 --> 00:23:47,691 What do you think, jerry? 631 00:23:47,693 --> 00:23:49,727 The damn thing should burn. 632 00:23:49,729 --> 00:23:51,762 I'm little stumped, am little confused, you know, 633 00:23:51,764 --> 00:23:52,997 the flame we got burning is pitiful. 634 00:23:52,999 --> 00:23:54,665 At the rate it's burning right now, 635 00:23:54,667 --> 00:23:56,333 it's gonna take months to heat up. 636 00:23:56,335 --> 00:23:57,968 We just can't get enough fire son. 637 00:23:57,970 --> 00:24:00,638 This rocket burner, it has to use heat for a draft. 638 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:02,840 Heat is coming up through our flue. 639 00:24:02,842 --> 00:24:04,608 The cold water is sucking all the heat out of it. 640 00:24:04,610 --> 00:24:05,509 So, it can't draft properly. 641 00:24:05,511 --> 00:24:08,045 A wanna run liquor jerry. [bleep] 642 00:24:08,047 --> 00:24:09,947 this is a big deal, you know, we've got to make some money. 643 00:24:09,949 --> 00:24:11,415 Just a matter of finding out 644 00:24:11,417 --> 00:24:13,017 what's gonna take it to make it run. 645 00:24:23,863 --> 00:24:24,862 [howard] I got my minibike over here. 646 00:24:24,864 --> 00:24:26,897 Let's try some of this ethanol in it. 647 00:24:26,899 --> 00:24:28,599 Never thought I'd see the day moonshine 648 00:24:28,601 --> 00:24:30,734 was going into a dangum gas tank. 649 00:24:30,736 --> 00:24:33,537 We've created 190 proof ethanol. 650 00:24:33,539 --> 00:24:35,539 I wanted to actually start it in howard's truck, 651 00:24:35,541 --> 00:24:37,107 but he was kind of like, I don't wanna do that. 652 00:24:37,109 --> 00:24:39,009 I wanna do a little research and development. 653 00:24:39,011 --> 00:24:40,811 So, I offered my minibike. 654 00:24:40,813 --> 00:24:42,880 And I think we'll just try a 100% 655 00:24:42,882 --> 00:24:45,616 clear ethanol in it and see what happens. 656 00:24:45,618 --> 00:24:46,951 All right, howard, I'm ready. 657 00:24:46,953 --> 00:24:48,352 -You ready? -I want you to ride. 658 00:24:49,021 --> 00:24:50,421 -You... -I'm gonna start it. 659 00:24:50,423 --> 00:24:51,956 You want me to be test pilot on this. 660 00:24:51,958 --> 00:24:53,924 Yeah, I am gonna start it. 661 00:24:53,926 --> 00:24:55,759 Oh, hell tim. 662 00:24:55,761 --> 00:24:56,427 Try one more time. 663 00:24:57,830 --> 00:24:59,096 Oh, we got live action. 664 00:24:59,699 --> 00:25:01,298 -All right. -Now. 665 00:25:01,300 --> 00:25:02,933 All right, now if she will just go anywhere. 666 00:25:03,736 --> 00:25:04,435 All right. 667 00:25:09,108 --> 00:25:10,975 Well, that's working somewhat. 668 00:25:14,881 --> 00:25:17,348 He cranked it up while he was still riding on it, look at it. 669 00:25:23,689 --> 00:25:25,422 [howard] I am a master minibike driver. 670 00:25:25,424 --> 00:25:26,891 I mean I'm throwing fire at this baby. 671 00:25:26,893 --> 00:25:27,758 She just won't turn on for me. 672 00:25:27,760 --> 00:25:29,159 We got nothing. 673 00:25:39,906 --> 00:25:42,640 I keep an eye on, but he might roll up on his banks 674 00:25:42,642 --> 00:25:44,174 come put his cornfield right here. 675 00:25:45,711 --> 00:25:46,844 We've been waiting all night long 676 00:25:46,846 --> 00:25:48,812 at henry for josh to show up, 677 00:25:48,814 --> 00:25:50,848 and we ain't seen hide nor hair of it. 678 00:25:50,850 --> 00:25:53,984 So, we decided to go out and look for him. 679 00:25:54,887 --> 00:25:57,421 What do you reckon the odds are we finding josh. 680 00:25:58,724 --> 00:26:00,090 Well, if he plays it right, 681 00:26:00,092 --> 00:26:02,726 he'll get back and just watch. 682 00:26:02,728 --> 00:26:03,894 He recognizes the truck 683 00:26:03,896 --> 00:26:05,863 then he'll come up to us and 684 00:26:05,865 --> 00:26:07,965 -we can pick him up hopefully. -Yeah. 685 00:26:12,905 --> 00:26:15,005 Well, it's not any roads 686 00:26:15,007 --> 00:26:16,707 between here and that mountain. 687 00:26:16,709 --> 00:26:18,409 He didn't wait for us here. 688 00:26:18,411 --> 00:26:19,843 He'd have to go over the mountain. 689 00:26:19,845 --> 00:26:21,579 -Hmm. -He ain't getting near anything 690 00:26:21,581 --> 00:26:23,213 and I think that we could possibly pick him up. 691 00:26:23,215 --> 00:26:24,848 The way to the still site was laid out. 692 00:26:24,850 --> 00:26:27,318 It's not but one way that he could possibly go. 693 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:28,419 And it's an old dirt road 694 00:26:28,421 --> 00:26:31,155 just a few miles from where we were raided. 695 00:26:31,157 --> 00:26:33,557 So, my plan is to ride up and down a dirt road a few times. 696 00:26:33,559 --> 00:26:36,393 If josh just got to cross that road somewhere. 697 00:26:36,395 --> 00:26:39,196 I don't know man I'm making another round or two at it. 698 00:26:39,198 --> 00:26:41,665 If he didn't come out, I don't know what to do. 699 00:26:41,667 --> 00:26:44,768 Henry knows every back road, every dirt road, 700 00:26:44,770 --> 00:26:48,706 every darn goat path through the woods around here. 701 00:26:48,708 --> 00:26:51,875 But really, all we can hope for now 702 00:26:51,877 --> 00:26:53,043 is that we run across him. 703 00:26:53,045 --> 00:26:56,113 This is not looking good, not looking good at all. 704 00:26:57,550 --> 00:26:58,515 What do you think , tickle? 705 00:26:58,517 --> 00:27:01,652 I hate giving up on him, but we've done about 706 00:27:01,654 --> 00:27:03,954 got all that out of this stretch, we gonna get. 707 00:27:04,490 --> 00:27:06,690 [henry] he got that natural instinct though. 708 00:27:06,692 --> 00:27:09,526 If anybody can make it through the mountain then be him. 709 00:27:09,528 --> 00:27:10,928 Maybe he will work his way to house. 710 00:27:10,930 --> 00:27:12,896 -Hey hey. -Hey, look, look, look, look. 711 00:27:12,898 --> 00:27:14,898 Look up, look it him. 712 00:27:14,900 --> 00:27:17,001 -Son of a bitch. -Damn, it. 713 00:27:17,003 --> 00:27:18,035 -There we go. -There we go 714 00:27:18,137 --> 00:27:21,372 [laughs] 715 00:27:21,807 --> 00:27:22,840 we got him. 716 00:27:22,842 --> 00:27:24,975 Right we gave about give up on him. 717 00:27:24,977 --> 00:27:27,044 -Give me some water. -Here, got one, 718 00:27:27,546 --> 00:27:28,145 there you go. 719 00:27:28,147 --> 00:27:29,847 Our last run through here. 720 00:27:29,849 --> 00:27:31,548 Hell yes, I don't mind. 721 00:27:31,550 --> 00:27:33,117 [laughs] 722 00:27:36,856 --> 00:27:39,423 I don't think it's gonna work old buddy. 723 00:27:39,425 --> 00:27:40,457 What do you mean, it ain't gonna work. 724 00:27:40,459 --> 00:27:41,825 I'm not getting... It's all she got. 725 00:27:41,827 --> 00:27:44,762 It didn't go too good, because we had straight ethanol. 726 00:27:44,764 --> 00:27:47,364 So, right now, I'm gonna add a little bit more gas to it. 727 00:27:47,366 --> 00:27:49,400 I'm looking at maybe 20% gas. 728 00:27:50,503 --> 00:27:51,602 But right now, 729 00:27:51,837 --> 00:27:55,039 we are learning how far can we stretch a gallon of gas. 730 00:27:55,775 --> 00:27:57,007 All right, let's see. 731 00:27:58,644 --> 00:28:00,411 -All right. -Ah-ha 732 00:28:00,413 --> 00:28:02,112 I'll be right here, hold down the fort, tim. 733 00:28:09,055 --> 00:28:10,254 Send it. 734 00:28:11,424 --> 00:28:12,990 Lil' scoop for the old buddies. 735 00:28:13,025 --> 00:28:13,791 You found it. 736 00:28:17,029 --> 00:28:18,962 I'll be damn this actually works. 737 00:28:19,899 --> 00:28:20,864 I mean, I started riding this thing, 738 00:28:20,866 --> 00:28:22,566 I feel like I'm a teenager. 739 00:28:22,568 --> 00:28:24,201 So, I'm thinking now is the time, 740 00:28:24,203 --> 00:28:25,502 we need to get in another engine, 741 00:28:25,504 --> 00:28:27,037 but another type vehicle, 742 00:28:27,039 --> 00:28:28,739 maybe the tractor. The truck or something. 743 00:28:28,741 --> 00:28:29,873 Something bigger. 744 00:28:29,875 --> 00:28:32,042 All right, check out the old shot the right time. 745 00:28:32,044 --> 00:28:34,144 I mean, it probably damn hit three gs. 746 00:28:34,146 --> 00:28:35,245 Well, let's get to gas can. 747 00:28:36,582 --> 00:28:37,448 Tim, 748 00:28:38,684 --> 00:28:40,017 what are you doing with the old tractor? 749 00:28:40,019 --> 00:28:41,985 I'm putting some pep in it chuck. 750 00:28:42,088 --> 00:28:44,154 Me and howard have made 751 00:28:44,156 --> 00:28:45,489 what they call gasohol. 752 00:28:45,491 --> 00:28:47,958 It's 80% ethanol 753 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:50,828 and 20% gasoline, because we don't much gasoline. 754 00:28:50,830 --> 00:28:51,962 We'll fire this dude up, 755 00:28:51,964 --> 00:28:52,963 let's see, I think he's going go. 756 00:28:52,965 --> 00:28:54,431 Do you wanna to try it? 757 00:28:54,433 --> 00:28:57,067 Now tim, this tractor has been sitting around since last year 758 00:28:57,069 --> 00:28:58,102 and it ain't moved. 759 00:28:58,104 --> 00:28:59,803 -Let's gonna move. -I mean if it even start, 760 00:28:59,805 --> 00:29:01,171 it'll be a miracle. 761 00:29:01,173 --> 00:29:01,972 -Get out the way. -I'm staying. 762 00:29:01,974 --> 00:29:03,040 Just in case we have something 763 00:29:03,042 --> 00:29:04,041 -go boom. -You never know, 764 00:29:04,043 --> 00:29:05,209 we might blow up. 765 00:29:09,348 --> 00:29:10,848 [howard] look at that. 766 00:29:10,850 --> 00:29:11,315 Started up. 767 00:29:12,685 --> 00:29:13,817 Wow! 768 00:29:13,819 --> 00:29:14,418 -I told you. -Did you see that. 769 00:29:17,757 --> 00:29:19,890 [tim laughs] 770 00:29:19,892 --> 00:29:21,992 god, that thing came out of the starting gate 771 00:29:21,994 --> 00:29:24,027 like it was a kentucky derby. 772 00:29:24,730 --> 00:29:25,863 It was roaring to go. 773 00:29:25,865 --> 00:29:28,065 -Oh, look at. -Oh oh. 774 00:29:28,067 --> 00:29:29,933 -Look at that, she's running. -She's going. 775 00:29:29,935 --> 00:29:31,969 -She's going. -Oh, hey. 776 00:29:31,971 --> 00:29:33,937 Oh, hey. Let it go. Let it go. 777 00:29:33,939 --> 00:29:35,773 Let, let it go look. 778 00:29:35,775 --> 00:29:38,041 [tim] moonshiners were very resourceful. 779 00:29:38,043 --> 00:29:40,844 We can turn anything into something that we can use. 780 00:29:40,846 --> 00:29:42,613 We got the still, we got the grain, 781 00:29:42,615 --> 00:29:44,948 we gotta know how, so when the gas line backed up. 782 00:29:44,950 --> 00:29:47,751 Hey, you know what we did? We went and made some gasohol. 783 00:29:47,753 --> 00:29:49,987 Tim, it's like a brand new tractor. 784 00:29:49,989 --> 00:29:52,022 Just took 50 years off its life. 785 00:29:52,024 --> 00:29:53,323 -I think I took 50 years out of you. -Ha ha. 786 00:29:53,659 --> 00:29:55,159 [laughs] 787 00:30:07,940 --> 00:30:08,872 I don't want that damn thing, 788 00:30:08,874 --> 00:30:10,007 I hope this works. 789 00:30:10,810 --> 00:30:11,642 If you've got enough heat 790 00:30:11,644 --> 00:30:13,410 and enough air, the woods gotta burn. 791 00:30:13,412 --> 00:30:15,078 We gotta be sure enough to figure it out. 792 00:30:17,850 --> 00:30:19,183 -We ain't got all season to -I understand that. 793 00:30:19,185 --> 00:30:20,384 To see if this gonna work. 794 00:30:20,386 --> 00:30:21,485 It's gonna work. 795 00:30:21,487 --> 00:30:24,421 Higher your flue pipe is the more you fires don't draw. 796 00:30:24,423 --> 00:30:27,191 Got an extra five foot thick of pipe to add to our 797 00:30:27,193 --> 00:30:28,959 stove pipe, that'd be 10 foot 798 00:30:28,961 --> 00:30:31,028 of flue sticking out the top of the barrel 799 00:30:31,030 --> 00:30:32,896 -that's gotta help. -Okay. 800 00:30:32,898 --> 00:30:35,699 If that don't pull, then let's go into it. 801 00:30:35,701 --> 00:30:37,234 Let's get her warmed up here. 802 00:30:38,737 --> 00:30:39,970 All I got is some weird draft. 803 00:30:40,706 --> 00:30:42,072 Look how get that burns. 804 00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:50,080 There's no smoke coming out of that. 805 00:30:58,424 --> 00:30:59,323 It's hot. 806 00:30:59,959 --> 00:31:02,659 It's got to get to a certain temperature so 807 00:31:02,661 --> 00:31:05,262 it can draw properly, I know that. 808 00:31:06,532 --> 00:31:08,131 We're gonna have to keep pushing the wood to it 809 00:31:08,133 --> 00:31:10,901 to get it hot enough to burn, and it should burn 810 00:31:10,903 --> 00:31:12,870 I mean it's designed to do well. 811 00:31:12,872 --> 00:31:14,771 So, we got a little bit of smoke, 812 00:31:14,773 --> 00:31:16,173 come on get bad boy, get it. 813 00:31:17,209 --> 00:31:18,275 There it goes. 814 00:31:18,911 --> 00:31:19,877 Burning good now. 815 00:31:19,879 --> 00:31:20,878 It's actually working. 816 00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:22,746 I just think it needed that extra piece of pipe. 817 00:31:22,748 --> 00:31:24,748 My god, she's pulling air now, ain't it burning. 818 00:31:24,750 --> 00:31:26,450 -Cherry red baby. -All right. 819 00:31:26,452 --> 00:31:30,053 What I'm doing here is I'm making an airflow grill. 820 00:31:30,055 --> 00:31:32,723 I'm gonna fashion a little door to move back and forth 821 00:31:32,725 --> 00:31:33,957 here this brick. 822 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:36,293 Then we can open up here, 823 00:31:36,996 --> 00:31:39,930 give it a little bit of air or let it take a lot of air. 824 00:31:39,932 --> 00:31:42,032 Let's pull the next butt off that man. 825 00:31:42,568 --> 00:31:43,834 We got steam brother. 826 00:31:43,836 --> 00:31:46,637 Hit the stain anytime you have to mount now sugar baby. 827 00:31:46,639 --> 00:31:48,272 Oh my god, let's get the sugar in there. 828 00:31:49,108 --> 00:31:50,807 For our first round, we're gonna do just 829 00:31:50,809 --> 00:31:53,010 a simple traditional raw whiskey. 830 00:31:53,012 --> 00:31:54,011 -Ready. -Pour too. 831 00:31:54,013 --> 00:31:55,979 We got some good finely ground raw. 832 00:31:55,981 --> 00:31:57,581 We're gonna let this steep in 833 00:31:57,583 --> 00:31:58,949 get all the good flavors out of it. 834 00:31:58,951 --> 00:32:00,984 Gonna be some damn good stuff, I am telling you that. 835 00:32:00,986 --> 00:32:01,852 We are gonna make a lot of money of it 836 00:32:01,854 --> 00:32:03,754 -a lot of money. -Right. 837 00:32:03,756 --> 00:32:04,621 Cuz they're not gonna be expecting a the clear liquor. 838 00:32:04,623 --> 00:32:05,856 No, they're not 839 00:32:05,858 --> 00:32:09,126 everybody knows rye whiskey has been a charred dark liquor. 840 00:32:09,128 --> 00:32:10,894 We're gonna give them that same product, 841 00:32:10,896 --> 00:32:12,529 except it's gonna be clear. 842 00:32:12,531 --> 00:32:14,598 Like good charred, rye taste to it. 843 00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:16,400 Who in the hell would ever thought about aging 844 00:32:16,402 --> 00:32:18,368 your damn liquor before you've ever run it. 845 00:32:18,370 --> 00:32:19,136 I'll run it. 846 00:32:19,138 --> 00:32:22,139 May made it, but we did, [laughs] 847 00:32:22,908 --> 00:32:23,874 all right done. 848 00:32:23,876 --> 00:32:25,342 I think everybody's gonna love it. 849 00:32:25,978 --> 00:32:27,744 So, what's happening, is a sugar melted. 850 00:32:27,746 --> 00:32:30,414 And now our rye is just kind of steeping this hot waters. 851 00:32:30,416 --> 00:32:31,548 So, wooden barrel will keep it insulated. 852 00:32:31,550 --> 00:32:33,417 So it's got longer to steep. 853 00:32:33,419 --> 00:32:35,786 So, we're gonna let it cool and we'll pitch our yeast to it 854 00:32:35,788 --> 00:32:38,255 and it'll sit anywhere from 8 to 12 days. 855 00:32:38,257 --> 00:32:39,089 We're got her done buddy. 856 00:32:39,091 --> 00:32:39,690 Yes sir. 857 00:32:39,692 --> 00:32:40,824 Get out of here. 858 00:32:40,826 --> 00:32:44,328 I can't wait to get my snort to that good rye whiskey. 859 00:32:53,739 --> 00:32:56,106 Mash, good found a guinea pig on my own terse. 860 00:32:56,108 --> 00:32:58,241 Let's just hope guinea ain't run out of nowhere. 861 00:32:59,979 --> 00:33:00,877 Look behind you. 862 00:33:00,879 --> 00:33:01,645 Look, what we got. 863 00:33:01,647 --> 00:33:02,980 Good to see you brother. 864 00:33:02,982 --> 00:33:07,117 Oh, man, I never been so happy to see you boys in all my life. 865 00:33:07,119 --> 00:33:09,786 The fact that I got away was a freaking miracle. 866 00:33:09,788 --> 00:33:11,021 These boys raided us 867 00:33:11,023 --> 00:33:13,857 and I never even saw come until it was too late. 868 00:33:13,859 --> 00:33:15,459 All I know was they come in 869 00:33:15,461 --> 00:33:16,994 ran in other direction, 870 00:33:16,996 --> 00:33:19,629 got up the woods, pretty good ways away from them. 871 00:33:19,631 --> 00:33:21,898 Kinda started circling back around. 872 00:33:21,900 --> 00:33:24,668 A little while after dark, when it got some pitch black, 873 00:33:24,670 --> 00:33:26,737 I couldn't see where I was going anymore 874 00:33:26,739 --> 00:33:28,905 just bedded down, I just kinda waited. 875 00:33:28,907 --> 00:33:31,641 Once it lightened up, I got to that road bend. 876 00:33:31,643 --> 00:33:33,677 I knew that if I hunker down at that road, 877 00:33:33,679 --> 00:33:35,679 if you guys weren't in jail at some point 878 00:33:35,681 --> 00:33:36,780 y'all be driving through there. 879 00:33:36,782 --> 00:33:38,615 That's good move, good move. 880 00:33:38,617 --> 00:33:40,517 What a miracle, I saw y'all when I did 881 00:33:40,519 --> 00:33:41,618 if you hadn't to came when you did, 882 00:33:41,620 --> 00:33:43,820 you'd had a piece of josh jerky laying out there 883 00:33:43,822 --> 00:33:46,089 because I was about to dry it blow away. 884 00:33:46,825 --> 00:33:47,891 Where the heck is brian at? 885 00:33:47,893 --> 00:33:49,292 Man, brian's gone. 886 00:33:50,095 --> 00:33:51,995 He took off last night heading home. 887 00:33:51,997 --> 00:33:52,796 Well, I think 888 00:33:52,798 --> 00:33:54,564 he's got a good idea about going home. 889 00:33:54,566 --> 00:33:56,900 I think I need to go home for a little while. 890 00:33:56,902 --> 00:33:58,902 You know, we don't have the fruits to mash or stills in, 891 00:33:58,904 --> 00:34:01,405 make that brandy we're goanna make. 892 00:34:01,407 --> 00:34:04,074 I have to go back home to get more fruit anyway. 893 00:34:04,076 --> 00:34:06,943 Maybe I'll load up two stilts, me go back home set up 894 00:34:06,945 --> 00:34:08,912 a still site lay low for a month or so. 895 00:34:08,914 --> 00:34:10,414 We were thinking same thing, 896 00:34:10,416 --> 00:34:11,648 you know, when you get hurdles like this, 897 00:34:11,650 --> 00:34:12,616 we'll use the downsides. 898 00:34:12,618 --> 00:34:14,818 Meant taking kids to my last night. 899 00:34:14,820 --> 00:34:16,420 Maybe in a month or two, we come back, 900 00:34:16,422 --> 00:34:17,821 like roll with it again. 901 00:34:17,823 --> 00:34:18,989 Still throw everything in one pot, 902 00:34:18,991 --> 00:34:20,390 or what are we gonna do? 903 00:34:20,392 --> 00:34:22,025 We're all still are partners here. 904 00:34:22,027 --> 00:34:23,560 You know, I don't like splitting up 905 00:34:23,562 --> 00:34:25,095 the team we got here. 906 00:34:25,097 --> 00:34:28,832 But we got to keep all our moonshiners safe 907 00:34:28,867 --> 00:34:29,900 and making liquor. 908 00:34:29,902 --> 00:34:31,868 And this looks like our best option. 909 00:34:31,870 --> 00:34:33,603 As soon as he get down, get them loaded. 910 00:34:33,605 --> 00:34:36,039 -You ready to roll? -Ready to get your stuff from down the road? 911 00:34:36,041 --> 00:34:38,408 We really don't know who raided our still site? 912 00:34:39,411 --> 00:34:40,477 If that was the law, 913 00:34:40,846 --> 00:34:42,712 they probably already be here arresting us by now. 914 00:34:42,714 --> 00:34:44,981 So, it could have been a rival shiner. 915 00:34:44,983 --> 00:34:46,983 Somebody just really don't want us around here. 916 00:34:46,985 --> 00:34:49,252 But one thing is for sure, 917 00:34:49,254 --> 00:34:50,687 we can just tuck our tails and run. 918 00:34:50,689 --> 00:34:51,855 We're gonna be cautious 919 00:34:51,857 --> 00:34:54,091 and we're gonna move forward making moonshine, 920 00:34:54,093 --> 00:34:55,625 because whether they want us here or not, 921 00:34:55,627 --> 00:34:57,027 we're here to stay. 922 00:34:57,029 --> 00:34:59,396 We all made it back and that's all that matters. 923 00:35:04,903 --> 00:35:07,637 You just wait a couple of days you would wanna go somewhere. 924 00:35:07,639 --> 00:35:08,872 It won't be long, you're goanna get tired of me. 925 00:35:08,874 --> 00:35:10,941 I ain't got tired of you 12 years yet, 926 00:35:10,943 --> 00:35:13,110 so I don't know, but it's gonna to happen, old buddy. 927 00:35:13,112 --> 00:35:13,944 You have been with me 12 years. 928 00:35:13,946 --> 00:35:15,645 Twelve years. 929 00:35:15,647 --> 00:35:16,947 What you got, a calendar, you marking it up. 930 00:35:16,949 --> 00:35:18,148 Yeah, I do. Somebody's got to. 931 00:35:18,150 --> 00:35:19,850 I keep up our anniversary dates. 932 00:35:19,852 --> 00:35:21,151 We have anniversary date? 933 00:35:21,153 --> 00:35:22,419 -Yes, we do. -We do? 934 00:35:22,955 --> 00:35:23,854 Oh my god. 935 00:35:23,856 --> 00:35:24,354 October 936 00:35:24,890 --> 00:35:25,922 2009. 937 00:35:25,924 --> 00:35:28,058 Good idea, I did not know that. 938 00:35:28,060 --> 00:35:29,659 I've been waiting on my gift every year, 939 00:35:29,661 --> 00:35:30,560 ain't seen nothing yet. 940 00:35:30,829 --> 00:35:33,130 I didn't know we had an anniversary. 941 00:35:36,935 --> 00:35:38,768 Rye whiskey, rye whisky, 942 00:35:38,770 --> 00:35:41,872 please don't whip me down. 943 00:35:41,874 --> 00:35:43,907 Today, we got our mash we're hoping it's ready to go 944 00:35:43,909 --> 00:35:46,276 because it's gonna be the first day on our new stilt 945 00:35:46,278 --> 00:35:47,577 and I am super excited. 946 00:35:47,579 --> 00:35:49,412 Let's check out bro. 947 00:35:49,414 --> 00:35:52,382 The whole concept is, to mash inside this barrel 948 00:35:52,417 --> 00:35:54,985 to create the flavor that charred wood barrel 949 00:35:54,987 --> 00:35:58,855 and get it into our mash before we ever distill it off. 950 00:35:58,857 --> 00:36:00,223 This was damn good cap on it on. 951 00:36:00,792 --> 00:36:01,958 Oh my god. 952 00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:03,760 All you can taste this rye 953 00:36:03,762 --> 00:36:05,028 in that white oak barrel. 954 00:36:05,831 --> 00:36:06,763 -Good I ain't it. -Wow. 955 00:36:06,765 --> 00:36:07,764 We're are in business. 956 00:36:07,766 --> 00:36:08,632 We're gonna be in big business. 957 00:36:08,634 --> 00:36:10,000 That's absolutely amazing. 958 00:36:10,002 --> 00:36:12,035 I mean it's just like you were to pop the cork 959 00:36:12,037 --> 00:36:13,603 on good aged whiskey. 960 00:36:13,605 --> 00:36:14,371 That's pretty done. 961 00:36:14,406 --> 00:36:15,705 Couldn't ask for nothing better. 962 00:36:15,707 --> 00:36:16,973 I knew when we heated it up real hot, 963 00:36:16,975 --> 00:36:19,042 like it had to color that 964 00:36:19,044 --> 00:36:20,844 with heating this barrel up 965 00:36:20,846 --> 00:36:23,146 and letting it sit and ferment like this, 966 00:36:23,148 --> 00:36:24,147 I knew that those colors 967 00:36:24,149 --> 00:36:26,883 and that taste was gonna come through that wood. 968 00:36:26,885 --> 00:36:28,818 Generally, when you mash it in a plastic barrel, 969 00:36:28,820 --> 00:36:31,087 you're gonna have a milky looking color mash. 970 00:36:31,657 --> 00:36:33,924 You get a good coffee top color, 971 00:36:33,926 --> 00:36:36,893 you know, that barrel is doing its job on aging that mash. 972 00:36:36,895 --> 00:36:38,328 We can get this flavor 973 00:36:38,864 --> 00:36:40,597 through the end of that worm, 974 00:36:40,599 --> 00:36:42,732 we're gonna have some of the best charred 975 00:36:42,734 --> 00:36:44,968 unaged liquor a man can ever drink. 976 00:36:45,704 --> 00:36:47,737 Let's fire this baby up boy. 977 00:36:47,739 --> 00:36:49,873 We have made one hell of a mash 978 00:36:49,875 --> 00:36:51,808 and if we get run off the other end, 979 00:36:51,810 --> 00:36:53,009 it's gonna be even better. 980 00:36:53,011 --> 00:36:54,211 We'll find out now if it's gonna work. 981 00:36:54,213 --> 00:36:54,878 More above. 982 00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:55,946 Tell you what, I know nobody's 983 00:36:55,948 --> 00:36:58,682 ever ran on a wooden barrel before but, hey. 984 00:36:58,684 --> 00:37:00,951 There's a first damn time for everything. 985 00:37:00,953 --> 00:37:02,018 How's she looking back there? 986 00:37:02,020 --> 00:37:02,953 It's burning baby. 987 00:37:02,955 --> 00:37:04,421 Long here from here burn. 988 00:37:09,061 --> 00:37:10,860 Hot damn hot that wood is already. 989 00:37:10,862 --> 00:37:11,861 Just relax and open. 990 00:37:11,863 --> 00:37:12,929 And all over good flavor. 991 00:37:12,931 --> 00:37:13,430 -Goodies. -From another. 992 00:37:13,699 --> 00:37:14,431 Yep boy. 993 00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:15,398 This thing is heating up, 994 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:16,933 it's working like a charm so far. 995 00:37:16,935 --> 00:37:18,702 It's just a little while 996 00:37:18,704 --> 00:37:20,003 get to put our lips around this stuff 997 00:37:20,005 --> 00:37:21,671 and see what it's all about. 998 00:37:21,673 --> 00:37:22,906 Jerry, we got liquor brother. 999 00:37:22,908 --> 00:37:24,841 Hell, yeah, it's some time, man. 1000 00:37:24,843 --> 00:37:25,742 -Look at that. -Look at that. 1001 00:37:25,744 --> 00:37:26,776 There she comes. 1002 00:37:26,778 --> 00:37:28,745 -Rye whiskey, son. -Oh yeah. 1003 00:37:28,747 --> 00:37:30,780 Let me put my cutting rod in it. 1004 00:37:30,782 --> 00:37:32,882 I tell you what man I am tickled to death 1005 00:37:32,884 --> 00:37:34,551 to see these first few drops coming out. 1006 00:37:34,553 --> 00:37:35,919 It's the highest, baby 1007 00:37:35,921 --> 00:37:37,921 we're catching the first drops of alcohol 1008 00:37:37,923 --> 00:37:40,023 from a damn wooden barrel 1009 00:37:40,025 --> 00:37:42,192 and me and jerry just two dudes doing it. 1010 00:37:42,194 --> 00:37:43,293 -Are you ready. -Ready. 1011 00:37:43,328 --> 00:37:44,327 Don't waste it. 1012 00:37:45,831 --> 00:37:47,430 Well, I don't think so it would take me whole. 1013 00:37:55,407 --> 00:37:56,940 I'm gonna tell you right down man 1014 00:37:56,942 --> 00:37:58,208 'cause a blind man, couldn't tell that 1015 00:37:58,210 --> 00:38:00,076 that no good aged charred damn liquor. 1016 00:38:00,078 --> 00:38:01,211 Taste that. 1017 00:38:03,048 --> 00:38:04,247 I think that's nice. 1018 00:38:04,983 --> 00:38:06,549 Let us sail along it brother. 1019 00:38:06,551 --> 00:38:08,785 That is, I mean clears a bail. 1020 00:38:08,787 --> 00:38:10,854 And it tastes like it's got that nose, 1021 00:38:10,856 --> 00:38:12,022 you can taste the rye. 1022 00:38:12,024 --> 00:38:12,756 It's perfect. 1023 00:38:12,758 --> 00:38:13,990 This liquor is like 1024 00:38:13,992 --> 00:38:17,093 none other than me and jerry has ever made. 1025 00:38:17,095 --> 00:38:18,595 The charred flavor is there. 1026 00:38:18,597 --> 00:38:20,063 That's what we're looking for. 1027 00:38:20,065 --> 00:38:22,699 The fact that it being clear is gonna blow people's mind. 1028 00:38:22,701 --> 00:38:23,833 I got my nose a little 1029 00:38:23,835 --> 00:38:26,036 the notes are there, the flavors there, 1030 00:38:26,038 --> 00:38:27,103 it's absolutely amazing 1031 00:38:27,139 --> 00:38:30,006 and it's clear, I mean, what more could you ask for? 1032 00:38:30,008 --> 00:38:31,975 If somebody don't like that, they don't like whiskey. 1033 00:38:32,010 --> 00:38:33,810 Yeah, you know, what man 1034 00:38:33,812 --> 00:38:35,111 this whole thing was jerry's idea. 1035 00:38:35,113 --> 00:38:37,013 You know building a still out with damn wooden barrel. 1036 00:38:37,015 --> 00:38:38,248 Oh, come on man. 1037 00:38:38,250 --> 00:38:39,516 One more down jerry. 1038 00:38:39,518 --> 00:38:40,717 But I stood behind him, 1039 00:38:40,719 --> 00:38:42,852 feels really good to accomplish this together. 1040 00:38:42,854 --> 00:38:44,087 We got seven and a half gallons of 1041 00:38:44,089 --> 00:38:46,523 good rye, aged, clear damn liquor. 1042 00:38:46,525 --> 00:38:47,791 Can't beat it son. 1043 00:38:47,793 --> 00:38:49,059 Let's just get these boxes and rock our asses 1044 00:38:49,061 --> 00:38:50,026 on out of here. 1045 00:38:50,028 --> 00:38:50,827 People's going nuts over 1046 00:38:50,829 --> 00:38:52,696 a barrel aged whiskey right now. 1047 00:38:52,698 --> 00:38:53,963 That's what they want to pull off the shelves. 1048 00:38:53,965 --> 00:38:56,199 That's what they want to buy under the table. 1049 00:38:57,402 --> 00:38:59,869 By infusing all these charred notes in a clear liquor, 1050 00:38:59,871 --> 00:39:01,871 me and jerry have something new, 1051 00:39:01,873 --> 00:39:03,773 something different, something unique. 1052 00:39:03,775 --> 00:39:06,443 Something that the customer really wants. 1053 00:39:06,978 --> 00:39:08,712 And I know a hell of a lot of customers are gonna like it. 1054 00:39:08,714 --> 00:39:10,347 -That's what's important. -Yeah boy. 1055 00:39:25,831 --> 00:39:28,465 -Man this sucks. -Yes, it does. 1056 00:39:28,467 --> 00:39:29,532 [henry] but you know, 1057 00:39:29,534 --> 00:39:31,634 I think it's better to stay out of jail. 1058 00:39:31,636 --> 00:39:33,002 That's a good thing that we wanted to run 1059 00:39:33,004 --> 00:39:36,406 this green lizard at a different stilt site. 1060 00:39:36,408 --> 00:39:37,874 Because our big stilt site 1061 00:39:37,876 --> 00:39:39,976 did not get compromised. 1062 00:39:39,978 --> 00:39:40,777 We will try to drag him out. 1063 00:39:40,812 --> 00:39:41,778 I reckon. 1064 00:39:42,114 --> 00:39:42,979 -Just kinda heavy. -That's a whole lot to do. 1065 00:39:42,981 --> 00:39:43,847 What to do is. 1066 00:39:43,849 --> 00:39:46,216 We don't have enough fruit to fill up 1067 00:39:46,218 --> 00:39:50,153 all of these pots to justify everybody being here running. 1068 00:39:50,422 --> 00:39:52,055 [grunts] 1069 00:39:52,057 --> 00:39:52,522 [henry] that's good. 1070 00:39:52,524 --> 00:39:54,557 All right, one more. 1071 00:39:54,559 --> 00:39:57,327 There's a lot of things that goes into being a moonshiner. 1072 00:39:58,930 --> 00:40:01,398 There's a lot of planning, there's a lot of hard work, 1073 00:40:01,400 --> 00:40:02,766 a lot of times that hard work, 1074 00:40:02,768 --> 00:40:04,667 just goes right down the drain. 1075 00:40:04,669 --> 00:40:08,204 You just got to adapt to the situation. 1076 00:40:08,206 --> 00:40:09,873 And as long as you don't get locked up 1077 00:40:09,875 --> 00:40:12,842 and put in jail, it's still a success. 1078 00:40:12,844 --> 00:40:13,376 -Yeah, yeah. -Yeah. 1079 00:40:16,114 --> 00:40:17,013 All right. 1080 00:40:17,015 --> 00:40:18,782 Well, I know I'm taking these two stilts, 1081 00:40:18,784 --> 00:40:20,850 but what are we gonna to do with the rest of the stills. 1082 00:40:20,852 --> 00:40:22,485 So, we gonna to move on to another location. 1083 00:40:22,487 --> 00:40:23,853 Well, situation where it is, 1084 00:40:23,855 --> 00:40:25,722 what do you think about taking two more out 1085 00:40:25,724 --> 00:40:27,023 and leave us four me, tickle and kenny. 1086 00:40:27,025 --> 00:40:28,925 We'll have two of them left, 1087 00:40:28,927 --> 00:40:29,626 we plan on getting somebody else, 1088 00:40:29,628 --> 00:40:30,760 maybe run those two. 1089 00:40:30,762 --> 00:40:32,996 So, we'll still have the same operation going. 1090 00:40:32,998 --> 00:40:34,631 Who's gonna get the other two stilts? 1091 00:40:34,633 --> 00:40:35,999 We got a couple guys we're talking to. 1092 00:40:36,001 --> 00:40:37,867 We'll have to furnish all the materials, 1093 00:40:37,869 --> 00:40:40,937 sugar, yeast, jugs, 1094 00:40:40,939 --> 00:40:42,539 everything it takes to set these guys up. 1095 00:40:42,541 --> 00:40:43,573 What profits is made. 1096 00:40:43,842 --> 00:40:45,341 They'll get a third, we'll get two thirds. 1097 00:40:45,343 --> 00:40:46,543 But the main thing is 1098 00:40:46,545 --> 00:40:48,778 that we're going to be having all this liquor coming from 1099 00:40:48,780 --> 00:40:50,613 coming from the other two to take care of our customers. 1100 00:40:50,615 --> 00:40:52,682 If we don't, they'll go somewhere else. 1101 00:40:52,684 --> 00:40:54,751 So, everything we're doing is still going to be 1102 00:40:54,753 --> 00:40:55,752 all for one and one for all. 1103 00:40:55,754 --> 00:40:57,654 We're still in operation. 1104 00:40:57,656 --> 00:40:59,622 We're just going in separate directions for a little while. 1105 00:40:59,624 --> 00:41:00,690 -For a little while. -Yeah. 1106 00:41:00,692 --> 00:41:02,058 -For a little while. -We want to come back. 1107 00:41:02,060 --> 00:41:03,393 All right, well, I'm down with it. 1108 00:41:03,395 --> 00:41:04,327 Let's roll with this. 1109 00:41:06,698 --> 00:41:07,931 I'm gonna take my stilts 1110 00:41:07,933 --> 00:41:10,400 and I'm gonna go to north carolina set them up. 1111 00:41:10,402 --> 00:41:11,935 And then when I come back, 1112 00:41:11,937 --> 00:41:13,970 I'll come back with fruit those stills 1113 00:41:13,972 --> 00:41:15,438 and we'll still have our operation. 1114 00:41:16,408 --> 00:41:18,074 Man glad to have these on the trailer, 1115 00:41:18,076 --> 00:41:20,009 but I'm really sad to be taking them out of here. 1116 00:41:20,011 --> 00:41:21,411 But you know, josh, I got 1117 00:41:21,413 --> 00:41:22,745 to look at it like this though. 1118 00:41:22,747 --> 00:41:24,747 We live in to shine another day, 1119 00:41:24,749 --> 00:41:27,350 and by breaking this setup right here, 1120 00:41:27,352 --> 00:41:29,252 we're gonna keep on making more liquor.